Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

One of them was Gerrit Smith, a member of the “Secret Six,” who had helped finance John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. Another was Cornelius Vanderbilt, who had donated his biggest steamship ...

In his epic John Brown's ... Harpers Ferry, seized the arsenal and Hall's Rifle Works, captured some hostages and waited for slaves to revolt. They didn't, but very quickly news of the raid ...

A statement about the legacy of John Brown, who hoped to start a revolt by enslaved people in the run-up to the Civil War, was removed from a page on the website of Harpers Ferry National ...

John Brown is cornered at Harpers Ferry and Robert E Lee's army rushes the armory doors. He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Glory, glory, hallelujah.

(Nebraska Examiner) - An assessment of restoring the historic Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s ... He was second in command to Brown during the failed raid on Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia ...

Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website ...

(Paul Hammel/Nebraska Examiner) LINCOLN — An assessment of restoring the historic Mayhew Cabin and John Brown ... in command to Brown during the failed raid on Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia ...